Near Million
Appropriated
For College
<2.5 Million
valued at $94,715.10 were accepted
by the directors.
The Battalion
Volume 60
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1961
Number 40
Jim Myers Out As Coach
Faculty Committee
Reports To Council
Given A SC
By Directors
Appropriations of $928,741.81
were approved and contracts total
ing $331,123.50 were awarded A&M
by the System’s Board of Directors
at its regular meeting here early
last week.
These appropriations and con
tracts were only a portion of those
awarded at the meeting. Arling
ton State College, alone, received
appropriations of $2,449,994.84 and
was awarded contracts totaling
$1,857,530.97.
In addition funds were allocated
Tarleton State College and Prairie
View College, the proposed alloca
tion of $24,541.81 from Exchange
Store profits was approved, awards
totaling $3,487.40 were given the
fund for improvement of teaching
and gifts, grants and scholarships
Air Force Jet
Burns At Base,
Three Men Die
PLATTSBURGH, N. Y.—(AP)_
An Air Force B47 jet bomber
crashed and burst into flames
Monday night at Plattsburgh Air
Force Base. One of the four men
iboard survived.
The plane, reportedly disabled,
kad been following a railroad
track toward the base when it
crashed about two miles south of
the main runway. It exploded and
caught fire minutes later, wit
nesses said.
The plane, which normally car
ries a crew of three, was based
at Pease Air Force Base in New
Hampshire.
Investigators Say
Girl’s Story OK
MIAMI, Fla. — UP) — The Coast
Guard has interviewed Terry Jo
Duperrault a second time and a
spokesman said Monday her story
indicating mass murder on the
Bluebelle by Capt. Julian A. Har-
Cey is “more convincing than ever.”
The flaxen-haired, 11-year-old
Jerry Jo was rescued by a
freighter after riding a tiny cork
taft for 3*/i days through rough
Bahamas waters.
When word reached Miami that
she had been found, Harvey
slashed his veins and bled to
death in a motel room.
The board also approved an in
crease from $1,250,000 to $1,425,-
000 on a loan with the U. S. Hous
ing and Home Finance Agency for
men and women’s dormitories at
Arlington. Another $225,000 was
approved for improvement on the
Arlington football stadium.
Appropriations approved for
A&M were:
$24,541.81 to student clubs and
activities from Exchange Store
profits, $334,000 for remodeling
DeWare Field House, $1,000 for
the Military Science Building
parking lot, $3,000 for engineering
study and a report on the elec
trical distribution system.
$7,000 for plans and prelimi
nary expenses for utility and
water line extensions, $86,000 for
plans and preliminary expenses for
an addition to Cushing Library,
$100,000 for plans and preliminary
expenses for an addition to the
Biological Sciences Building, $2,200
for additional construction at the
Nuclear Science Reactor.
$48,000 for preparation of plans
and preliminary expenses for a
reactor cooling system and neces
sary auxiliary equipment, $13,000
for plans and preliminary expenses
for the Engineering Building,
$30,000 for remodeling the old
feed mixing barn for the Physi
ology of Reproduction program of
the Department of Animal Hus
bandry.
$55,000 for furnishings in the
new Plant Sciences Building,
$36,000 for Kyle Field dressing
rooms for track and baseball,
$15,000 for preliminary studies
and the planning of additional
dormitories, $45,000 for the opera
tion of Bryan Air Force Base
property, and $12,000 for water
proofing and repairs to the addi
tion to the Chemistry Building.
Contracts awarded were $316,658
for the remodeling of DeWare
Field House and $14,465.50 for the
Military Science Building parking
lot. Both pacts were awarded
R. B. Butler, Inc., of Bryan.
Chancellor M. T. Harrington
was authorized to approve a con
tract increase with Temple Associ
ates, Inc., for construction on the
Nuclear Reactor Building by not
more than $21,956.09. Harrington
was also authorized to receive bids
for Veterinary Hospital pens and
shelters.
Directors approved the follow
ing allocation of Exchange Store
funds to student activities:
Student Activities Club aid,
$7,573.71; bonfire. Student Senate,
all-college calendar, yell leaders
and Who’s Who committee, $800;
religious life program, $1,500; rifle
(See DIRECTORS on Page 3)
A&M’s Century Council in its
second general session yesterday
heard a report from the faculty-
staff aspirations committee, ap
pointed earlier this year to con
duct an internal evaluation of the
college.
Today is the last day of the
two-day meeting in the Memorial
Student Center. Council Chairman
J. Harold Dunn of Amarillo and
Vice Chairman W. R. Beaumier of
Lufkin are heading the conference.
The report of the faculty-staff
group was made to provide back
ground information on college de
velopment for the Council report.
Included in the faculty’s report
were resident instruction and stu
dent life, research, extension and
other college services.
Also considered in the two-day
meeting were admission policies,
student life programs, curriculum,
faculty-student relationships, size
Chapel Series
Presents Talk
By Rev. Roloff
“Should a Christian Build a
Fallout Shelter will be the subject
of a talk by the Rev. Lester Roloff,
pastor of Alameda Baptist Church
of Corpus Christi, in the All
Faiths Chapel at 7:30 p. m., Wed
nesday.
J. Gordon Gay, coordinator of
religious life, said the special pro
gram is open to the public.
A native Texan and minister for
27 years, the Rev. Mr. Roloff is
the founder of Roloff Evangelistic
Enterprises, a non-profit organiza
tion which sponsors numerous pro
jects of faith.
The evangelist, who has traveled
over 100,000 miles during a 10-
months period on speaking en
gagements, also organized and
operates radio programs known as
“The Christian Voice of the South
west.”
The Rev. Mr. Roloff attended
Baylor University and Southwest
ern Baptist Theological Seminary.
His visit is being sponsored by
the local chapter of the Chi Al
phas and the Second Baptist
Church of College Station.
the scope of the college, graduate
and undergraduate programs, re
search and development, foreign
programs, composition of the stu
dent body and off-campus and ser
vice functions.
Sub-committee groups met Mon
day with deans, professors and
other college and staff officials
for detailed information pertaining
to the year-long study being made
of A&M in preparation for the
100th anniversary in 1976.
These sub-committees are mem
bers of four task force groups es
tablished in a September organiza
tional meeting of the Council.
Questions being studied by the
task force groups involve the type
of student the college should aspire
to graduate by 1976, the mission
of the college and its components,
levels of academic excellence and
the size and scope of the college
by its 100th birthday.
Heading the four task force
groups are Tyree Bell of Dallas,
Harry Moore of Navasota, George
Smith of Houston and Watson
Wise of Tyler.
SWC Debate Meet
Scheduled Here
Friday, Saturday
The Annual Southwest Confer
ence Debate Tournament will be
held on the campus Dec. 1-2, ac
cording to Dr. H. E. Hierth, faculty
sponsor of the debate club.
The tournament, which will fea
ture the best teams of the South
west Conference, is scheduled to
begin in the Memorial Student Cen
ter Friday at 1 p. m., and anyone
interested is urged to sit-in on the
debates.
The collegiate subject for this
year is “the power of labor unions”
with the ‘Affirmative” teams ar
guing in favor of anti-ti'ust laws
for labor and the “Negative” teams
arguing against.
Schools which will be represent
ed are: A&M, Texas Christian
University, Southern Methodist
University, Rice University, Bay
lor University, Texas Technological
College and The University of
Texas.
Two teams will represent each
school.
SCONA CO-CHAIRMAN—1
Ad Man, Diplomat Lead Talks
By TOMMY HOLBEIN
Battalion Managing Editor
(Editor’s Note: This begins a
series of articles on roundtable
co-chairmen and noted speakers
who will be at the Seventh
Annual Student Conference on
National Affairs Dec. 6-9 in the
Memorial Student Center.)
Two of the roundtable co-chair
men who will be serving during
SCONA VII have shown outstand-
List of students from A&M
who will be official delegates to
SCONA VII is on Page 3. This
year, there are 24 delegates and
five alternates, providing three
per round table, or two United
States and one foreign student
per discussion group.
ing talents as progressive citizens
of their local environments.
These men are Mario Romero
Lopetegui, former mayor of Aca
pulco and present members of the
Secretariat of Exterior Relations
of Mexico, and Jack Valenti, Hous
ton advertising and public relations
executive.
Lopetegui began his career of
service as an employee of the
Exterior Service in 1938, and was
appointed to be consul of Mexico
in Albuquerque, N. M., in 1940.
Two years later, he served as
secretary to Ezequiel Padilla,
minister of foreign affairs of
Mexico in his trip to the Pan
American Conference of Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, in 1942.
Lopetegui was congressman to
the 41st Legislature of the Federal
Congress in 1949; in 1954 he was
appointed consul of Mexico for the
city of Corpus Christi, Texas.
He became mayor of Acapulco
Jack Valenti
. s . Houston advertising man
in 1957, serving until 1959 when
he was named consul general of
Mexico. In 1961, he was commis
sioned in the Secretariat of Ex
terior Relations of Mexico.
Jack Valenti is noted as one of
the outstanding young leaders in
the city of Houston, representing
the advertising and public rela
tions firm of Valenti and Weekley.
He was the youngest high school
graduate in Houston at the age
Mario R. Lopetegui
.. . former Alcapulco mayor
of 15, and he received a B.A. de
gree from the University of Hous
ton through night classes in 1946.
Two years later he graduated from
the Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration.
Since that time, Valenti, has
become a member of the Board of
Governors, University of Houston,
and a trustee for both the Hedge-
croft Hospital and the Houston
Public Library System.
In 1956 he was chosen “Out
standing Young Man of Houston,”
four years after the organizing of
Weekley and Valenti Advertising.
He has been a weekly columnist
for the Houston Post, and is author
of a book, “Ten Heroes and Two
Heroines.”
Valenti has spent his entire
working life devoted to advertis
ing, sales promotion and communi
cations.
A total of 16 men, leaders in
industry, education, and other
fields, have been chosen to be
roundtable co-chairmen. Two will
be provided for each of the eight
roundtables.
This discussion by delegates is
the true core of the conference;
students gather to discuss the
issues presented by preceding
speakers each day, giving each an
opportunity to present his views.
Jim Myers
. . . contract not renewed
Kilgore Takes
Sweepstakes
At Press Meet
Kilgore Junior College took top
honors in the annual Texas Junior
College Press Association conven
tion held here Nov. 20-21.
Kilgore journalism students
amassed the most points in news
paper and yearbook contests to win
the first place sweepstakes pla
que. “Ranger,” college yearbook
at Kilgore, won the yearbook com
petition.
Other results in the yearbook
division include a second place
award to “El Navarro” of Navarro
Junior College of Corsicana.
“Jayhawker” of Howard County
Junior College of . Big Spring
placed third, and runner-up honors
went to “Galleon” of Paris Junior
College and “El Alamo” of San
Antonio College.
“Ranger” newspaper of Amarillo
College won first in front page
makeup, with “Flare” of Kilgore
in second place and “Bat” of Paris
Junior College third.
The convention ended last Tues
day, following workshop sessions
and election of officers for the
1961-62 year.
Tom Brown, an Odessa Junior
College freshman, was elected
president. Brown is editor of the
college newspaper at Odessa.
Other officers are Bob Fisher of
San Antonio College, Vice presi
dent; Marjorio Merworth of Cisco
College, secretary-treasurer, and
Gary Pickle of Howard County
College, parliamentarian.
During the two-day meeting,
journalists frpm 17 schools heard
speakers from various news media
and attended workshop sessions.
The awards were presented at
a banquet for 125 delegates and
sponsors Monday night. The ban
quet featured Kenneth Towery of
Austin, a Pulitzer Prize winning
reporter and capitol correspondent
for Texas Newspapers Inc., Aus
tin.
Replacement Still
Biggest Mystery
Texas A&M System board of directors last week unan
imously approved a recommendation made by the college
athletic council that Coach Jim Myers’ contract not be re
newed.
Myers’ present contract as head football coach and athle
tic director ends Jan. 23, exactly four years after he came
here from a one-year tenure at Iowa State.
On approving the recommendation that the contract not
be renewed, the board directed the Athletic Council to “pro
ceed in making its nomination for an athletic director and
head football coach.”
The release sent to Texas newspapers from the College
Information Office, the only h
official source of information
concerning the Board’s action,
said in part:
“The athletic council and
the administration sincerely ap
preciates the efforts of Coach
Myers during his tenure as athletic
director and head coach at the col
lege and they extend to him their
very best wishes in his future en
deavors.”
Myers said Monday night on his
9:00-9:30 television show he would
abide by the decision of the board
of directors and athletic council,
but added he felt like he was in
a trial where the jury gave its
verdict without the defense ever
being presented.
On the show, Myers called the
persons who started rumors of
dissension within the ranks of the
team “little people.” He said he
thought they were out to get him
and disrupt the team.
He had been quoted as saying
essentially the same thing earlier
by Dallas Morning News Staff
Writer Roy Edwards. In a story
in the News Saturday, Edwards
quoted Myers as saying:
“I don’t have any regrets except
that stuff that was started about
dissension. I felt it was an effort
to cast a reflection on my squad
and on my staff. I know my play
ers and coaches were together 100
per cent from mid-season on (when
the first reports of dissension ap
peared) and I had no other sup
port.”
The Aggie squad, with Co
captains Wayland Simmons and
Wayne Freiling as spokesmen, de
nied the rumors, calling Myers “a
great coach and a fine gentle
man.”
Myers came to A&M in January
of 1958 from Iowa State Uni
versity. He followed Paul (Bear)
Bryant who left A&M following
the 1957 season to become head
football coach at Alabama. Myers’
four-year record here shows 12
victories, 24 losses and four ties.
A replacement for Myers has not
been named as yet. Several possi
bilities have been rumored but no
names have been mentioned by any
official source.
The name most frequently men
tioned by sportswriters over the
state is that of Jim Owens, pres
ently $20,000-a-year atheltic direc
tor and head football coach at the
University of Washington and
formerly assistant to Bear Bryant
at A&M from 1954 to 1956.
However, Owens was quoted
(See Myers on Page 3)
Night School
Registration
Begins Here
Registration began yesterday
and will continue through Dec. 14
for the second term of the Bryan
high school adult education pro
gram.
Jan. 2 has been set as the open
ing date for the term. Classes will
be offered Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday nights from 6-9 p. m.
Courses to be offered at Stephen
F. Austin High School are math,
histoi-y, government, civics, Eng
lish, shorthand, typing and book
keeping.
Typing and homemaking will
be offered at Kemp High School.
Tuition is $12.50 per course or
$35 for a person taking as many
as three courses.
Further information can be ob
tained from Sam CHenshaw, di
rector of evening school at Ste
phen F. Austin, and Kemp Prin
cipal C. D. Yancey.
Ranger Staff
Fired After
Aggie Issue
AUSTIN, UP) — The top
staff members of the Texas
Ranger, humor magazine of
the University of Texas, have
been removed. The student
publication board said late
last week they were “removed
for violation of general policy
and indecency in the latest
copy of The Ranger.”
The staffers are Jack Lowe,
editor; David Crossley, asso
ciate editor; Kerry O’Quinn,
art director, and Lieuen Ad
kins, circulation manager.
The November Ranger (the
Aggie edition) was placed on
newstands last week.
Mrs. A&M To Be Chosen
At Annual W ives Club Fete
Thirty-eight girls will vie for
the title of Mrs. Texas A&M at the
annual Aggie Wives Council
Dance, to be held in the Ballroom
of the Memorial Student Center
from 8:30 to 11:30 p. m. Dec. 2.'
The dance will feature the music
of the George Vincent Sextet from
Sam Houston State College. Tick
ets for the dance are $2 per couple,
and will be available through the
wives clubs and at the door.
A special baby sitting service
will be offered to those attending
the event. Aggie Wives Council
President Jean Vaught said last
night that anyone who wanted to
take advantage of the service
should contact Mary Frances Keep
at VI 6-8358 as soon as possible,
since they need to know how many
children to expect.
Mrs. Vaught also announced that
the dance was for anyone who
wanted to attend, and not just for
married couples as was sometimes
believed.
Contestants are urged to be in
the Ballroom at 8 p. m. sharp to
meet the judges. They were to be
announced today, and are Thelma
Pohl of Lady Pair; Virginia Erick
son, a local artist; Joseph Donald
son, Jr. artist lecturer in the Di
vision of Business Administration;
Grady Gliding of Lester’s in Town-
shire; and a member of the Battal
ion Staff.
Marter of ceremonies for the
event will be Jim Austin, local
teacher and television personality.
Winner of the Mrs. Texas A&M
contest will receive a loving cup
and a bouquet courtesy of the
Bryan-College Station Chamber of
Commerce and the Aggieland
Flower Shop.
Door prizes have been donated
by Kelly’s Toylane, Lester’s, the
Varsity Shop, Jarrot’s, and Han
son’s.
First runner-up will receive a
$15 permanent from Lady Fair,
and the second runner-up will re
ceive a gift certificate from Bev
erly Braley.
To be eligible for the contest,
the ladies must be wives of cur
rently enrolled A&M students.